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JENNIFER Hudson was called as the first witness in her family's murder trial.

The 'Dreamgirls' actress did not hear the opening statements in the case against William Balfour at the Cook County courtroom in Chicago, but was among a list of 300 people who could be called as potential witnesses in the trial.

Taking to the stand, Jennifer - whose mother, brother and nephew were murdered in 2008 - revealed she had told her sister Julia not to marry William.